NuvaRing Warnings

Smoking while taking hormonal contraceptives can increase the chances of serious or life-threatening side effects, especially among women over 35 years of age who smoke 15 or more cigarettes a day. Don't use NuvaRing if you smoke.

The medicine may also increase your risk of developing liver tumors that are not cancerous. However, these tumors can break and cause serious bleeding in the body.

Before using NuvaRing, tell your doctor if you have or have ever had:

Yellowing of the skin or eyes during pregnancy or while using another type of hormonal birth control medicine

NuvaRing and Grapefruit

NuvaRing Dosage

NuvaRing is typically placed in the vagina and left there for three weeks. After three weeks, it's removed for a one-week break. Then, a new ring is inserted.

Follow the instructions on your prescription label carefully when inserting the ring. Use it exactly as directed.

Never use more than one ring at a time.

Insert and remove NuvaRing on the same day of the week at about the same time of day.

Your doctor will tell you when to insert your first NuvaRing.

Your menstrual period will likely start two to three days after you've removed the ring. Make sure you insert your new ring at the end of the week on the same day and time you typically insert or remove it, even if you haven't stopped bleeding.

NuvaRing will work no matter how it's positioned. However, it will probably be more comfortable and less likely to fall out if you place it as far back in the vagina as possible.

If your ring slips out, rinse it with cool or lukewarm water and replace it in your vagina as soon as possible.

If your ring falls out and gets lost, replace it with a new ring and remove the new ring at the same time you were scheduled to remove the lost ring.

If you don't replace the ring within three hours, you might need to use an additional method of birth control until it's been in place for seven days.

Call your doctor if your NuvaRing slips out of your vagina often. It will usually stay in place until you remove it.

NuvaRing Overdose

If you suspect an overdose or serious side effects occur, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately.

You can get in touch with a poison control center at (800) 222-1222.

Missed Dose of NuvaRing

If you forget to insert a new NuvaRing one week after you've removed the old ring, you may become pregnant.

Test yourself: If you're not pregnant, insert a new ring as soon as you remember and use a backup birth control method until the new ring has been in place for seven days in a row.

If you forget to remove NuvaRing on time but remember before one week has passed, remove NuvaRing as soon as you remember. Then, wait one week and insert a new ring.

If you forget to remove NuvaRing on time but remember after one week has passed, you might not be protected from pregnancy.

If you're not pregnant, remove the ring as soon as you remember, wait one week, and insert a new ring.

Use a backup birth control method until the new ring has been in place for seven days in a row.

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